Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Marbella

Today: Spain

Years: 1485–1833

Marbella surrendered to Castile without a fight on 11 June 1485; the Catholic Monarchs made it a city, and the Plaza de los Naranjos was laid out on Castilian lines. Sugar cane spread along its coast from 1644, and in the 17th century the Fuerte de San Luis was built, its battery finished in 1752 and blown up in the Peninsular War.

What to see today

Torre del Río Real: Tower, 1575
Torre Lance de las Cañas: Tower, c. 1751 to 1800
Ayuntamiento de Marbella (Casa consistorial de Marbella): Public building, 1568
Iglesia de la Encarnación (Iglesia de Santa María de la Encarnación): Church, 1750 to 1767

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